Single-delivery match-box.



No, 897,642. PATBNTED SEPT. 1, 1908. E. T. MURRAY. SINGLE DELIVERY MATCHBOX.

APPLI OATION FILED FEB. 11, 1907.

29 J1 3 n I 6 I 40 O 52' J {4 57V I IIIIlIHI ATTORNEYS EDWARD '1.MURRAY, OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

SINGLE-DELIVERY MATCH-B OX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

Application filed. February 11, 1907. Serial No. 356,822.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD T. MURRAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State ofColorado, have invented a new and useful Single-Delivery Match-Box, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to single delivery match safes and has for itsobject to provide improved means for successively discharging a singlematch from the safe and delivering the same on a tray or support forremoval by the operator.

A further object of the invention is to provide a safe having pivotallyunited main and auxiliary cover sections one of which forms a closurefor the match receptacle when the other is in open position and alsoforms a means for displaying suitable advertising matter.

A further object is to provide means for locking the pivoted coversections in engagement with each other so that said sections may bemoved simultaneously to open posi tion thereby to expose the contents ofthe match safe.

A still further object of the invention is to generally improve thisclass of devices so as to increase their utility, durability andefficiency.

Further objects and advantages will ap pear in the followingdescription, it being understood that various changes in form,proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to withinthe scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification:Figure 1 is a perspective view of a match safe constructed in accordancewith my invention showing the auxiliary cover in open position todisplay the advertising matter. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional viewshowing the main and auxiliary cover sections in closed position andlocked in engagement with each other. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of aportion of the same with the cover sections removed. Fig. 4 is a detailsectional view of one end of the match-receiving pocket. Fig. 5 is adetail sectional view of the concavo convex plate. Fig. 6 is aperspective view of one end of the operating lever and its connectingrod.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of thefigures of the drawings.

The match safe forming the subject matter of the present inventionincludes a box or receptacle 5 having its upper end open and inclinedtowards the front end of the receptacle and provided with a transversepartition 6 forming a match receiving compartment or magazine. Thepartition 6 is preferably disposed parallel with the inclined up peredge of the receptacle and secured in. any suitable manner to thepartition is one end of a concavo-convex plate 8 the opposite end ofwhich. is bifurcated to form spaced arms 8 and thence extended laterallybeyond the front wall of the receptacle and bent upwardly to producevertically disposed lugs 9 adapted to receive and support the matches asthe same are successively fed from the magazine.

The front wall 10 of the receptacle is pref erably stamped or otherwiseformed from a single piece of metal the upper edge of which is bentinwardly at 11 for engagement with the lateral arms 8 of the matchsupport 9 while the opposite longitudinal edges thereof are formed withvertical flanges 12, the latter being rigidly secured to the match safeor receptacle 5 in any suitable manner as by screws or similar fasteningdevices 13.

Slidably mounted within the match re ceiving pocket 14 is a feed plate15 provided with a depending lug 16 which extends through a slot 17formed in the segmental plate 8 for pivotal connection with one end of arod 18, the opposite end of said rod being pivotally connected with avertically disposed lever 19 depending from the transverse partition 6,as shown. Secured to the intermediate portion of the lever 19 is-a linkor rod 20 the forward. end of which is pivotally connected with a bellcrank lever 21.. The long arm of the bell crank lever 21 extends througha vertically disposed slot 22 formed in the front wall 10 of thereceptacle and is provided with a terminal finger piece 23 adapted to bedepressed by the operator when it is desired to discharge the matchesfrom the receptacle.

The feed plate 15 is curved to conform to the concavcd walls of theplate 8 and is pro vided with a terminal groove or depression 24 of asize sufficient to accommodate a single match so that when the fingerpiece 23 is depressed the match in the groove will be delivered on thesupport 9 and in position to be conveniently removed by the operator.

The metal forming the plate 8 is stamped to form spaced upstruck lugs 25which serve mit a single match to be delivered to the match support whenthe plate 15 rides or passes over said lugs, there being similar lugs 26stamped or otherwise formed in the opposite end of the plate forlimiting the rearward movement of the feed plate 15 and also to preventthe matches from accumulating at the rear of said feed plate.

The forward end of the feed plate 15 is preferably weighted at 27 so asto automatically return the feed plate in engagement with the concavedplate 8 after the feed plate has passed over the projections or lugs 25,there being a spring 28 interposed between the lever 19 and the rearwall of the match receptacle 5 to assist in returning the feed plate toinoperative position in engagement with the back stops or lugs 26.

Extending transversely across the interior I of the receptacle at thepocket 14 is a plate 29 which actsas a stop and serves to prevent thematches in the magazine 7 from sliding forwardly and filling up thepocket 14. The upper edge of the plate 29 is provided with a transversesupporting flange 30 which is spaced inwardly from the adjacent upperwalls of the receptacle 5 and is provided with laterally extendingattaching lugs 31 for engagement with said walls thereby to preventaccidental displacement of the same.

Pivotally mounted at 32 on the rear wall of the receptacle 5 is a maincover section 33 having a metal plate 34 secured thereto and adapted torest on the transverse supporting flange 30 and form a closure for thematch receptacle or magazine. The opposite longitudinal edges of theplate 34 are provided with vertically disposed flanges 35 and one or Imore hinges 36 the wing 37 of which forms clips for the reception ofsuitable cards 38 adapted to be folded downwardly between thelongitudinal flanges 35 and on which may be printed, stamped orotherwise representing suitable advertising matter. Pivotally mounted at39 on the main cover section 33 is an auxiliary cover 40, the latterbeing movable independently of the main cover 33 and having its innerface provided with a suitable spring clip 41 adapted to also receive acard 42 for displaying advertising matter. One end of the plate 34 isbent upwardly to form a spring locking tongue or catch 43 be movedsimultaneously to open position and thus expose the matches in themagazine. It will thus be seen that the covers 33 and 40 may be lockedtogether and swung downwardly to the position shown in Fig. 3

-- of the drawings or the auxiliary cover 40 may be released and swungupwardly to open position so as to display advertising matter carried bysaid cover and the advertising matter printed on the cards 38. It willalso be observed that when the auxiliary cover 40 is in open positionthe main cover 33 forms a closure for the top of the match receptacle.

In order to discharge a match from the receptacle it is merely necessaryto depress the finger piece 23 which exerts a forward pull on the lever19 and through the medium of the rod 18 causes the feed plate 15 totravel over the walls of the plate 8 to the dotted line position shownin Fig. 2 of the drawings and in which position the match seated in thegroove 24 of the feed plate will be deposited on the arms 8 and thencerolled downwardly into engagement with the lugs 9 so that the same maybe conveniently removed by the operator.

When the downward pressure on the finger piece 23 is released thetension of the spring 28 will automatically return the feed plate 15 toinoperative position and in engagement with the rear stop 26, the weight27 serving to return the feed plate in engagement with the plate 8 whensaid feed plate is elevated in the act of passing over the lugs 25.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is: r

1. A match safe including a receptacle having a match receivingmagazine, a plurality of pivotally united covers one of which isprovided with a pocket and forms a closure for the match receptacle whenthe other is in open position, and clips hingedly mounted in said pocketand adapted to receive an adver- 100 tisement.

2. A match safe including a receptacle having a match receivingmagazine, a plate extending transversely across the magazine and havingits upper edge spaced down- 105 wardly from the top of the receptacle, amain cover pivotally mounted on the receptacle and adapted to engage theplate, clips pivotally connected with the main cover for supporting anadvertising card, an auxiliary 110 cover pivotally mounted on the maincover, and a catch carried by the main cover and adapted to engage theauxiliary cover for locking said covers in engagement with each other.

3. A match safe including a receptacle having an inclined partitiondefining a match receiving magazine, a slotted segmental plate disposedwithin the receptacle and having one end thereof secured to thepartition and 120 its opposite end bifurcated and extended laterallybeyond the adjacent wall of the receptacle to form a match supportprovided with vertically disposed stop lugs, a feed plate slidablymounted on the segmental plate and 125 provided with a depending lugextending through said slot, and means operatively connected with thelug for operating the plate thereby to successively deliver a singlevmatch to the support.

4. A match sale including a receptacle having an inclined partitionforming a match receiving magazine, a segmental plate secured to one endof the partition and having its opposite end bifurcated and extendedlaterally beyond the front wall ofthe receptacle to form spaced armsterminating in upwardly extending lugs constituting a match support,there being a slot formed in the segmental plate, a feed plate slidablymounted on the segmental plate and having a portion thereof extendingthrough said slot and means operatively connected with the feed platefor successively delivering a single match on the match support.

5. A match safe including a receptacle having a match receivingmagazine, a slotted segmental plate disposed within the receptacle andprovided with laterally extending arms constituting a match support, afeed plate slidably mounted on the segmental plate and provided with adepending weighted lug extending through the slot of the segmentalplate, a depending lever pivotally mounted within the receptacle, a rodforming a pivotal connection between the lever and lug, a bell cranklever operating lever, and a rod forming a connection between thedepending lever and the adjacent end of the bell crank lever.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoa'l'lixed my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

EDWARD T. MURRAY.

I/Vitnesses:

JOHN F. MURRAY, JOHN R. WATT.

